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DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of Many Valuable
DIBDIN, THOMAS FROGNALL. Bibliotheca Spenceriana; or, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Books printed in the Fifteenth Century, and of Many Valuable First Editions, in the Library of George John Earl Spencer. 30 plates; engraved dedication. Half-titles. 4 volumes. Large 8vo, 275x170 mm, contemporary red morocco, spines attractively gilt, joints rubbed on Volumes 1-3, Volume 4 rebacked retaining original backstrip; scattered foxing variously affecting some plates, offsetting from Volume 1 frontispiece onto title. London, 1814-15
- Notes: first edition. one of only fifty large-paper sets. "... the handsomest and most elaborate catalogue of a private library yet issued"--De Ricci, English Collectors, pages 75-76.
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